The Running Man Page #2

(IN PERSON)

STEVIE, TO LAUGHLIN, WEISS, RICHARDS:

Psst. Guys want to buy a hot stereo?

LAUGHLIN:

Stevie.

STEVIE:

Laughlin. Glad you guys made it.

(ON TELEVISION)

PHIL HILTON:

...and unstoppable network stalkers give criminals

traitors, and enemies of the state exactly what

they deserve.

Sundays, 8:
00 to 11:00 on ICS Channel 1. Be there!

Produced in cooperation with the Zone Four

Department of Justice, all rights reserved.

The Running Man, America's favorite game show.

(COMMERCIAL FADES TO NEW SEGMENT ON TELEVISION)

A child. Your child.

Happy, loving, caring...

LAUGHLIN:

You believe this sh*t? Twenty-four hours a day.

MIC:

Seven days a week.

RICHARDS:

Don't listen to it.

LAUGHLIN:

I worry about the kids.

The network shuts down the schools.

The kids are either in hiding or getting

basic training, brainwashed by the TV.

WEISS:

We can jam the network once we find the uplink

to the satellite. Then we'll broadcast the truth.

RICHARDS:

The truth? Hasn't been very popular lately.

MIC:

Can't find the code, or the uplink.

Don't know where the network hid something

that big, but they managed.

Uh, Stevie, would you mind?

Good-bye, my lovely.

MIC, TO RICHARDS:

You're one of the cops who locked up all my friends.

Burned my songs.

People like you took this country and turned it into a jail.

LAUGHLIN:

We don't want his death on our hands.

MIC:

He's a cop. He's the Butcher of Bakersfield.

WEISS:

Come on, Mic. Now you can see through that

crap. It's network propaganda.

LAUGHLIN:

We don't know that.

WEISS:

We know we wouldn't be here if he hadn't helped us.

LAUGHLIN:

We also know he's not one of us.

MIC:

Perhaps now he's seen too much.

RICHARDS:

I've seen too much? All I've seen is a bunch of low

foreheads who think they can change the world with

dreams and talk. It's too late for that. If you're not

ready to act, give me a break and shut up.

MIC:

Nothing worth losing your head over though, huh?

RICHARDS:

You got it.

(DAYLIGHT, LOS ANGELES BARRIO)

MAN IN BARRIO:

Hey, get out of here!

LAUGHLIN:

Well, there's your ride. It's all set.

RICHARDS:

Nothing like first class.

BARRIO FOREMAN #1:

Hey, come in. Señorita, señorita, do you want

to come in? Yeah. Hey, you too! Yeah.

RICHARDS:

I guess this is it.

Now you, Weiss, stay out of the national database, okay?

And you, Laughlin, stop trying to teach the

Constitution to the street punks.

See you guys at the 10-year prison reunion.

WEISS:

You can still join us if you want.

RICHARDS:

No, thank you. My brother's gonna get me out of the

city, plus I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.

LAUGHLIN:

Nowadays, Fritz, it's the same thing.

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